On 24/06/2018 02:55, Paul wrote:

That's not the question though.

If I visit Newegg and look for a product like say a
SATA cable, then visit my favorite news site, should
I be confronted with a 6" x 2" banner advert from
Newegg, full of SATA cables ? Some of these banner adverts
packed full of images of stuff, are sucking the life out
of the browser, and you can barely scroll.

The adverts got there by tracking. Tracking that's
very difficult to get rid of. All it takes is your
browser logging into Google and collecting info
for "places.sqlite" or the like, to identify who you
are, and bring back the Newegg adverts again. That's
because just as many Google cookies are used to track
you as Newegg cookies.

It's one thing for Newegg to keep a cookie and show
me SATA cables the next time I visit Newegg. It's another
to turn my browser usage into a constant barrage
of Newegg adverts.

Â*Â* Paul

Turn off third party cookies and set the do-not-track flag?

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Brian Gregory (in England).